Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six months after leaving the White House, Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to attend a launch, ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed a utopian new vision for the United States under a vastly expanded federal government, which he dubbed the Great Society, on this day in history, Jan. 4, 1965. "We ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law on this day in history, July 2, 1964 — "the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction," as the National ...

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, dedicating it to former President Harry Truman, who "planted ...

Congress endorsed President Lyndon B. Johnson’s determination to confront North Vietnam without investigating whether the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Lyndon B. Johnson sitting down while wearing a dark suit. - Bettmann/Getty Images Presidential dinners are an important ...

Life often presents us with challenges, regrets and missed opportunities. Many people spend valuable time thinking about what they should have done differently in the past. Lyndon B Johnson's (the ...

The paradox of reform -- "I am a Roosevelt New Dealer"; liberalism ascendant -- Funding the Great Society and the War on Poverty -- The second reconstruction -- The mandate: the election of 1964 -- ...

A Texan with Kentucky heritage, President Lyndon B. Johnson had gracious words for the Bluegrass State during a 1966 visit.

(See Cover) Even if the television tube and a ubiquitous Texan had yet to be conceived, the President of the U.S. in the latter third of the 20th century would almost certainly be the world’s most ...

SoHo Playhouse will present a return engagement of A Letter To Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First, written, directed and performed by Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland. The winner of the ...

The 1965 law was mean to address fundamental inequities in American life, and was one of the signal accomplishments of the civil rights movement. By Sonia A. Rao Conservatives had expected a victory ...